AUSTIN, Freeman Whitten

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Bef 1851, Hancock, Illinois USA
• Residence: 1867, Rough and Ready, Nevada, CA, USA
• Census: 1 Mar 1875, Shiloh, Neosho, KS USA
• Census: 17 Jun 1880, Grass Valley, Nevada, CA USA
• Voter Registration: 15 Sep 1880, Grass Valley, Nevada, CA USA

Notes:

Freeman traveled with his brother, Levi, to California, perhaps coming together in 1849, which is when Levi arrived (August, 1849). He appears in the 1850 census to be living in Fremont, CA (the original in Yolo County), and then later in Nevada county, nearby Levi in both cases.

By 1875 he is living as a farmer in Shiloh, Kansas, with his wife and 12 year-old son, Frank. Like several of his siblings, Freeman tried farming in southeast Kansas, having ping-ponged from California. He then returned to California, and in 1880 is again in Nevada City, as evidenced by his participation in the Great Register for Nevada County.

Residence:
Page 364, col 1, “Austin, F. W., farmer, Rough & Ready”

Census:
Dwelling House: 1 / Families in House: 1 / Name of person in abode: F W Austin / Age: 47 / Sex: M / Color: W / Profession: Farmer / Value of Real Estate: (blank) / Value of Personal Property: $59 / Place of Birth: Vermont / Where From to Kansas: California / Attended School in past year: / -

Census:
Apparently living alone as lodger with Crawford family, though shown as married. Census record: Dwelling: 553 / Family #: 7 / Name: Austin, Freeman W / Race: W / Sex: M / Age: 51 / Married / Occ: Veterinary Surg / Birthplace: Vt / Fathers Birth: Vt / Mothers Birth: Mass

Voter Registration:
Freeman Whiton Austin, Age 52, Born Vermont, Lives in Grass Valley, Registered 15 Sep 1880

Died:
“Died -- AUSTIN -- at Mountain View, Jan. 9, F.W. AUSTIN, aged 62 years.”

Freeman married UNDERWOOD, Hepsey Jane on 16 Mar 1851 in Grass Valley, Nevada, CA USA. Hepsey was born about 1832 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1 Mar 1875, Shiloh, Neosho, KS USA

Notes:

Birth:
Probably born in Nevada County where parents were married.

Census:
...Name of person in abode: Frank Austin / Age: 12 / Sex: M / Color: W / Profession: Farmer / Value of Real Estate: (blank) / Value of Personal Property: (blank) / Place of Birth: California / Where From to Kansas: California / Attended School in past year: Y /